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We do not have power to arrest people for making hate speeches- Nigerian Army says

The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, was a
guest on Channels TV yesterday where he stated that the military was not
planning to arrest anyone on social media that makes anti-military or
anti-government comments because they do not have the power to make such
arrests.
Recall that Enenche was a guest on the same channel on August 23rd where he disclosed that the military is monitoring social media for comments
that are anti-military, anti-government and anti-security. Many
Nigerians thought it meant that the military would soon begin to arrest
anyone that makes such comments online.
The anxiety in Nigerians grew when Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
during his time as acting president, had announced that hate speech
would now be treated as an act of terrorism.
During his interview yesterday, Enenche said the military was just
going to monitor the social media space but it has no power to arrest
anyone that makes hate speech on social media.
“There was nothing like that. We do not have power to arrest people
for hate speeches. It is just false assertion, against the military, and
against my humble self that I said that we will be arresting people or
checkmating people. The military is not going to be monitoring hate
speeches. Did I tell you hate speech in your recordings? We have a
strategic media centre, our strategic media centre monitors the media,
simple. And it is like that all over the world. And we take that because
it helps us to transform the nature of the intelligence to enable us to
prepare for whatever call up we get to ensure security in this
country. Let me tell you and tell the public without fear of anybody; we
are trained to do threat analysis of anything that would threaten the
security of this country. So, it is part of our threat analysis. Any
person can interpret it to mean that it is a follow up to the speech of
the Vice-President (Yemi Osinbajo), the then Acting President and then
the minister of interior; then that person can be right. Where do we
take instruction from, where do we get information from? But on the
whole, it is part of what is called threat analysis.” he said

Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has assured the nation that President
Muhammadu Buhari is hale and hearty and would return home as soon as he
completes the necessary tests recommended by his doctors in the United
Kingdom.

Prof. Osinbajo gave the assurance on Monday when State
House correspondents approached him for a chat shortly after his
telephone conversation with the president.